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The WHO provides technical expertise in public health
through partnerships with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; state
and local governments; development and other partners; and civil society with
focus on developing health systems to ensure equity in health. It seeks to
ensure access by every individual to essential health care services by
addressing financial, organizational, quality and information based barriers.
WHO’s core functions include
providing leadership on matters critical to health and engaging in
partnerships where joint action is needed, shaping the research agenda and
stimulating the generation, translation and dissemination of valuable
knowledge, setting norms and standards, and promoting and monitoring their
implementation, providing technical support, catalysing change, and building sustainable
institutional capacity, articulating ethical and evidence-based policy
options and monitoring the health situation and assessing health trends.
WHO in collaboration with
various partners such as the MOHFW facilitates the creation of information and database for
evidence-based decisions, including documentation, sharing of lessons and
best practices at various levels: among states, nationally, and at the global
level. In the area of health systems development, WHO seeks to provide
leadership in health; and collaborate with governments, civil society and
other partners with a focus on promoting health as a fundamental human right,
and working to place health as an integral part of sustainable socio-economic
development for the people of India.
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 Health Systems
Health Finance and Social
Protection
Health Information
Trade Agreements and Health
Essential Drugs and Medicines
Health Research and Medical Ethics
Key Partners and Collaborators
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